Chargers' Mike Pouncey throws down gauntlet with Raiders' Donald Penn

Chargers' Mike Pouncey throws down gauntlet with Raiders' Donald Penn

New Chargers center Mike Pouncey attended Raiders left tackle Donald Penn’s youth camp Saturday and quickly took to Instagram following the event to post a picture of himself with Penn.

Not surprisingly, the post was met with immediate backlash from fans who detest the division-rival Raiders, and Pouncey quickly changed his tune with a subsequent comment after seeing that.

Pouncey later deleted the comment but not before several fans and blogger saw it and had themselves a laugh. The former Dolphins center can be forgiven to some extent for letting his oversight of Penn being a new inter-division rival. After all, he has spent all of his seven NFL season with the Dolphins in the AFC East.

Though Pouncey’s since-deleted comment may have come off as a bit brash, it was all in good fun following a day of providing a day of hope, teaching and encouragement for local youth.